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inside the pentagon. i was wondering if you could provide some insight and guidance that they're releasing regarding sequestration, especially now that things have changed. are you lying guidance? has it come out? if not, when might it be released? >> we are looking at that command and not in a position to give you the timing or content. recognize that we were further along in the process that we were a few months ago. the guidance is out there and remains in effect, which is not to take any steps and anticipates sequestration. i suspect we will want to continue not to take specific steps in anticipation of sequestration. we still want the congress to not let sequestration going to affect. it is very important that the avoid that. we are looking to mike in combat with guidance would be appropriate near term, and i'm not sure when that will be. listen, i wanted thank you for the chance to be here today and for your thoughtful questions and i appreciate your time. thanks. [applause] [inaudible conversations
inside the pentagon. i was wondering if you could provide some insight and guidance that they're releasing regarding sequestration, especially now that things have changed. are you lying guidance? has it come out? if not, when might it be released? >> we are looking at that command and not in a position to give you the timing or content. recognize that we were further along in the process that we were a few months ago. the guidance is out there and remains in effect, which is not to take...
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it's an extension of the pentagon who is promoting the pentagon as much as any pr firm would. i think they get paid more than a pr firm so for my friends at the pentagon you might want to look at that. c-span: how concerned are you in the future when you want to do a profile on somebody the dorsal the close quest. >> guest: i'm not concerned at all. c-span: why not? >> guest: because they think you are really dedicated to reporting. you find a way to get the story, you know? you find a way to get the story. c-span: once they knew that the story was going to run, they meaning the people around general mcchrystal, how tense was it? >> guest: i was back in vermont and i know duncan had told people, duncan the press of pfizer it said the people the story's going to be fun and it's going to end my career. c-span: did its? >> guest: he lost his job. c-span: he was a civilian. >> guest: i have said this before, think duncan sort of took a large, took a lot of the blame when in fact i think there was -- if people want to blame or take responsibility for it there was plenty to share. c
it's an extension of the pentagon who is promoting the pentagon as much as any pr firm would. i think they get paid more than a pr firm so for my friends at the pentagon you might want to look at that. c-span: how concerned are you in the future when you want to do a profile on somebody the dorsal the close quest. >> guest: i'm not concerned at all. c-span: why not? >> guest: because they think you are really dedicated to reporting. you find a way to get the story, you know? you...
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as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, eadviser to the secretary of defense in all matters financial, not only in terms of building budgets and trying to execute them and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was navy officer at the beginning of his career. he worked for the center for naval analysises, worked for the logistics institute and he was my boss to congressional budget office during the period -- well, for a number of years, but including during the period when the berlin wall has just come down and we are were building a post-colored -- post cold war military. bob was the comptroller of the air force during the clinton administration and has also been the executive director of the american society of military comptrollers so join me in welcome us one of my favorite defense budget experts, robert hale. [applause] >> good morning. how is everybody doing? good. listen, i'm glad to be here, for a number of ropes. one of t
as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, eadviser to the secretary of defense in all matters financial, not only in terms of building budgets and trying to execute them and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was navy officer at the beginning of his career. he worked for the center for naval analysises, worked for the logistics institute and he was my boss to congressional budget office during...
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as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, the key adviser to the secretary of defense on all matters financial. not only in terms of building budgets but executing them and trying to figure out how to save money and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was a navy officer at the beginning of his career he worked at the center for naval analyses, work for the logistics management institute early in his career and again later. he was my boss at the congressional budget office during the period, well, for a number of years, but including during the period when the berlin wall had just come down and rebuild a post-cold war military. working with people like senator sam nunn and aspen as most people on both sides of the aisle. bob was the comptroller of the air force during the clinton administration and has also been the executive director of the american society of military comptrollers. and so without further ado, please join me in we
as noted, comptroller of the pentagon today. one of the top officials, the key adviser to the secretary of defense on all matters financial. not only in terms of building budgets but executing them and trying to figure out how to save money and execute efficiencies and reforms within the defense budget. bob has a long career in national security. he was a navy officer at the beginning of his career he worked at the center for naval analyses, work for the logistics management institute early in...
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ahead of those talks karzai on thursday met with leon panetta at the pentagon. the secretary of defense says the military campaign is reaching its final chapter. >> after a long and difficult task, we finally are, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing an afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan, that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that they provide be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said he and karzai made good progress but he declined to say whether they had agreed the size of the u.s. force that will remain in afghanistan. >> after a long and difficult path, we are finally, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing in afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that are you providing, be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said and he karzai good progress but declined to say if they agreed on the size of u.s. forces that will remain in afg
ahead of those talks karzai on thursday met with leon panetta at the pentagon. the secretary of defense says the military campaign is reaching its final chapter. >> after a long and difficult task, we finally are, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing an afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan, that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that they provide be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >>...
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the pentagon is not able to take that kind of reduction. since congress put us into the law, they are just as capable of taking it out of the locked. >> we have just a couple moments for another question. >> yes, thank you, i was wondering if you could talk about the leadership principles. [inaudible question] so what can leadership show us and what advice can you give us cars having a strong personality. >> yes, strong personalities. george herbert walker bush, the personality was very strong as well. it includes some of the personalities of the second bush of the first term. we got along well. this time around we got along with so many issues. if you look at what we did to expand nato and support the european union, what we did with hiv and aids. what we did to increase the amount of assistance that we give to the rest of the world. a lot of things we did well and in total harmony. the issue of iraq was appealing. but we have different points of view as to how many troops were needed, how we should resolve some of the issues, in early 200
the pentagon is not able to take that kind of reduction. since congress put us into the law, they are just as capable of taking it out of the locked. >> we have just a couple moments for another question. >> yes, thank you, i was wondering if you could talk about the leadership principles. [inaudible question] so what can leadership show us and what advice can you give us cars having a strong personality. >> yes, strong personalities. george herbert walker bush, the...
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the pentagon new search services. the army, navy and the other services basically staffing inside doors, not technically true, but they would equip themselves differently. command structures were separated. so we decided to do with the military did under so-called goldwater-nichols, were each right command was created. he can come from many military service over the foreign military services and i now train and equip and fight wars together. so the dni, director of national intelligence is situate commander across 16 intel agencies and they now fight in equip together and he leverages their strengths to produce intel products and our national intelligence estimate, nies, but that both of how weak it intelligence to policymakers are enormously improved since we did this organizational change and i support it. on the fusion centers, that's a whole different thing. those are vocal centers that have grown up to serve local law enforcement and it pulled together national intelligence streams they get from homeland security
the pentagon new search services. the army, navy and the other services basically staffing inside doors, not technically true, but they would equip themselves differently. command structures were separated. so we decided to do with the military did under so-called goldwater-nichols, were each right command was created. he can come from many military service over the foreign military services and i now train and equip and fight wars together. so the dni, director of national intelligence is...
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ahead of those talks karzai on thursday met with leon panetta at the pentagon. the secretary of defense says the military campaign is reaching its final chapter. >> after a long and difficult task, we finally are, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing an afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan, that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that they provide be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said he and karzai made good progress but he declined to say whether they had agreed the size of the u.s. force that will remain in afghanistan. >> after a long and difficult path, we are finally, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing in afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that are you providing, be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said and he karzai good progress but declined to say if they agreed on the size of u.s. forces that will remain in afg
ahead of those talks karzai on thursday met with leon panetta at the pentagon. the secretary of defense says the military campaign is reaching its final chapter. >> after a long and difficult task, we finally are, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing an afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan, that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that they provide be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >>...
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. >> while we typically talk about the pentagon as -- and it's relationship to private industry is going out and buying goods. we have had this discussion here whether it should by ground combat vehicles or keep that on base. the reality is that we are moving to where the pentagon spends more on buying services rather than buying goods. it is not paying people to go make things. it is making in terms of the hours they are billing. the answer to what extent is it we have not seen the kind of savings that have been promised in the study before 1hand. the savings have been political cost savings where you keep your deployed numbers down even though the overall number of people are roughly the same. what is appropriate for contractors? navy some roles that are appropriate to turn over to contractors and others are not we have been willy-nilly about. once you figure it out, then developing good management structure so you get the best price. you have competition. you can say, they have done a terrible job. it comes back to how the contracts have been structured. let us do two more questions.
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. >> i will do my best for my country and those i represent at the pentagon and for all of my citizens. i will always give you my honest and most informed counsel. >> he served in vietnam twice wounded and twice decorated. he had friends who got their heads blown off. he criticized the handling of the iraq war calling it -- >> the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam. >> the tv campaign against him started when his nomination was just a rumor. >> chuck hagel is not a responsible option. >> opponents claim he is anti- israeli, even anti-semitic. he once opposed the appointment of an ambassador, criticized -- criticizing him for being openly, aggressively gay. >> good morning. how are you? >> he says critics have distorted his cues. -- his views. >> i like chuck hagel. he is out of the mainstream of thinking on most issues regarding foreign policy. >> he has lined up another conflict with congress. >> for more on today's announcement, i will speak with the chief washington correspondent for the new york times. he is the author of confront and conceal. thank
. >> i will do my best for my country and those i represent at the pentagon and for all of my citizens. i will always give you my honest and most informed counsel. >> he served in vietnam twice wounded and twice decorated. he had friends who got their heads blown off. he criticized the handling of the iraq war calling it -- >> the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam. >> the tv campaign against him started when his nomination was just a...
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well they why why would the pentagon go along with this i mean of congress said it's ok why why is why has nobody said wait a minute this is nuts. yeah it happened because there was this feeding frenzy that took place once the republicans tried to bring about the use of private contractors for virtually everything that government and military used to do we had k.b.r. doing our library we had halliburton taking care of cafeteria food we had him shining our shoes we had him doing everything for the military private contractors had a free ride why if you follow the money on this story it goes exactly where you would expect dick cheney had an incredible relationship with halliburton which was basically a bank run company before the war in iraq cheney was was able to get them no big contracts no negotiation contracts in all of a sudden halliburton's making a ton of money this was a way tom for the pentagon to pay back their favors in for congress to pay back their favors to the private industry the armaments industry and so this feeding frenzy that took place we're just now starting to see
well they why why would the pentagon go along with this i mean of congress said it's ok why why is why has nobody said wait a minute this is nuts. yeah it happened because there was this feeding frenzy that took place once the republicans tried to bring about the use of private contractors for virtually everything that government and military used to do we had k.b.r. doing our library we had halliburton taking care of cafeteria food we had him shining our shoes we had him doing everything for...
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this is the pentagon who now has a freewheel regardless of how incompetent they are again how do you lose twelve billion dollars in cash within four months that it was shipped to iraq yeah how do you do that and we still the legislators still don't want to take any action on these giant pallets were visible from outer space it's an amazing story my pappa tonio thanks so much for being with us tonight thank you. it's the good the bad and the very very. ugly the good the actual cathedral the historic episcopalian church in washington d.c. has announced that it will begin i was doing same sex wedding ceremonies speaking about the decision cathedral dean the very reverend gary hall so i read the bible as seriously as fundamentalists do and my reading of the bible leads me to want to do this because i think. it's being faithful to the kind of community that jesus would have us. let's hope that the reverence feeling spreads across america and the more and more americans realize that marriage equality is a universal value. so that congressman tom cotton publican from arkansas during an appe
this is the pentagon who now has a freewheel regardless of how incompetent they are again how do you lose twelve billion dollars in cash within four months that it was shipped to iraq yeah how do you do that and we still the legislators still don't want to take any action on these giant pallets were visible from outer space it's an amazing story my pappa tonio thanks so much for being with us tonight thank you. it's the good the bad and the very very. ugly the good the actual cathedral the...
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there when a huge amount of information was released through the freedom of information lawsuit by the pentagon in 2006 with names and nationalities of prisoners, at 8,000 pages of allegations and transcripts of the tribunals and review boards in guantanamo began this process of finding out who they were. and starting to tell their stories and tell the world i discovered in my research these guys were not the worst of the worst but through analyzing where and when they were captured and what was going on to realize most of them came to guantanamo, nothing was known about them. almost nothing was known about them and i have come to realize more and more as time goes on that they knew nothing about these people and had to build up a story and they did this weather through torture or bribing prisoners, pushing people until they said i can't take this anymore. what do you want to hear? i will tell you a story. reports to be the evidence against the prisoners is mostly statements that were made by their fellow prisoners either in guantanamo or -- most of it is -- allegations were made by quite a sma
there when a huge amount of information was released through the freedom of information lawsuit by the pentagon in 2006 with names and nationalities of prisoners, at 8,000 pages of allegations and transcripts of the tribunals and review boards in guantanamo began this process of finding out who they were. and starting to tell their stories and tell the world i discovered in my research these guys were not the worst of the worst but through analyzing where and when they were captured and what...
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host: what is up first for the pentagon? guest: they got through a tough defense authorization bill. that sets policy. they have been reducing spending. this was part of the budget control act. host: is that plan set? guest: after 2013, they will have more discretion as to how cuts will be applied. there is still the threat of sequester. they gave themselves about two months to try to find the kind of savings that would avert a sequester. their caps that are set in law that say how much you can spend on defense. host: the defense authorization bill had authorized a budget of $633 billion for defense. $80 billion for the afghanistan war. does that address those cuts that have to be made? guest: the bill set aside what would happen to the overseas contingency operations fund, the war funding. the overseas funding does fall. but those numbers are expected to climb. it was $158 billion or so for that. we're on a glide path out of afghanistan so those numbers will decline. host: to know what chuck hagel has said about sequestrati
host: what is up first for the pentagon? guest: they got through a tough defense authorization bill. that sets policy. they have been reducing spending. this was part of the budget control act. host: is that plan set? guest: after 2013, they will have more discretion as to how cuts will be applied. there is still the threat of sequester. they gave themselves about two months to try to find the kind of savings that would avert a sequester. their caps that are set in law that say how much you can...
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there's been reporting about his views on the pentagon budget. it's inclined for deeper cuts, did he speak to you about his intention? >> we've had the opportunity to have lunch, are actually had dinner and talked about kind of just the general issues confronting the defense department. and then we had a lunch that frankly specifically focused on the budget challenges were just describing to you. i think my impression is that, you know, he understands the challenges and i think i am confident that he wants to do everything possible to try to deal with the challenges they face. as to specific feelings on different issues, i'll let him speak to that finance his confirmation hearing. >> just to follow for senator hagel, one of the recent concerns on the hill prepositions on nuclear issues and this time not about this advocating for reductions. it's a concern of yours that is going to implement the administration's current policy? >> there's no question in my mind. i've known chuck hagel for a long time. a lot of criticisms right now are unfair, but
there's been reporting about his views on the pentagon budget. it's inclined for deeper cuts, did he speak to you about his intention? >> we've had the opportunity to have lunch, are actually had dinner and talked about kind of just the general issues confronting the defense department. and then we had a lunch that frankly specifically focused on the budget challenges were just describing to you. i think my impression is that, you know, he understands the challenges and i think i am...
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so we had a pentagon liaison. and when we wanted, i mean, it got to the point where we said we need a couple of f-16 at the l.a. river and they would do it. sure. it got great. i mean, -- [laughter] >> it was a lot of production values and again, i think obviously they thought that public affairs and image through the show was projected in certain way. also, but by the same token i was visited by the general of west point, a few years later when, you know, there was some investigators in iraq and afghanistan were being influenced by the content of the show, and were intergoition techniques were being informed by jack but but bauer. >> let me ask you a question. >> yeah. >> or finish your thought -- may not have a affect on the poplar view of it. in particular with "24" i know you were involved in the film "unthinkable." torture is a prominent component of the show. what extent do you think that film and that show entered to the debate particularly under the bush administration. >> i think that in "24" there was no
so we had a pentagon liaison. and when we wanted, i mean, it got to the point where we said we need a couple of f-16 at the l.a. river and they would do it. sure. it got great. i mean, -- [laughter] >> it was a lot of production values and again, i think obviously they thought that public affairs and image through the show was projected in certain way. also, but by the same token i was visited by the general of west point, a few years later when, you know, there was some investigators in...
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got access, not through petraeus, certainly, but to some of the communications he sent back to the pentagon, his sort of weekly letters, and i came to the conclusion that general petraeus did a good job in iraq, and the surge he oversaw worked militarily. it didn't work fully politically for a variety of reasons, but worked militarily. one thing petraeus understood was that al-qaeda, that volunteers coming to join al-qaeda in iraq were coming to the damascus airport, crossing the border, going into iraq, and syria intelligence knew this. they pretended they didn't, but they did, and what he wanted to do was go to damascus with stan mcchrystal in running special operations activities in iraq and confront assad with this and say, look, we know what's going on. this is going to come back to haunt you one day because people who came in through your country into iraq are going to be going out the same way, and one day they are going to have their sights on you so if you -- you might be in your own interest to stop the flow of the foreign fighters as they called them, but there was a debate withi
got access, not through petraeus, certainly, but to some of the communications he sent back to the pentagon, his sort of weekly letters, and i came to the conclusion that general petraeus did a good job in iraq, and the surge he oversaw worked militarily. it didn't work fully politically for a variety of reasons, but worked militarily. one thing petraeus understood was that al-qaeda, that volunteers coming to join al-qaeda in iraq were coming to the damascus airport, crossing the border, going...
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he says hagel "antiisrael pro iran mindset makes him unqualified for the pentagon job." president obama nominated hagel on monday. >> we're now learning that it sequestration could mean a month-long furlough for civilian employees at the military. the plan requires $45 billion in budget cuts including a 15% cut in payroll. the pentagon says they are studying other options. >> the race is on for a new location for the f.b.i. political leaders from virginia are making their pitch to replace the hoover building in downtown d.c. that the majority of employees live in that state. the group points out the academy and labs are located at quantico and agencies like the c.i.a. are nearby. >> we feel confident that as process and decision is made on the merits that virginia will be. >> both prince george's and in maryland say that will be successful as well. there is no timetable for a decision yet. >> as parts of the nation deal with a spike in flu season we're getting a better idea how bad the problem is in our area. >> what we've learned is that those who came to the c.v.s. hop
he says hagel "antiisrael pro iran mindset makes him unqualified for the pentagon job." president obama nominated hagel on monday. >> we're now learning that it sequestration could mean a month-long furlough for civilian employees at the military. the plan requires $45 billion in budget cuts including a 15% cut in payroll. the pentagon says they are studying other options. >> the race is on for a new location for the f.b.i. political leaders from virginia are making their...
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so suddenly between the pentagon come it's not clear where it all originated. gave jerry bremmer of the necessary guidance and instructions to disband the army if that's what he thought was ray. jerry issued the order, disbanding the army. i did know was going to happen. the joint chiefs of staff did not. cia did i and suddenly the army is totally disbanded and you have hundreds of thousands of people who are armed and trained and who were set free within a few airliner pensions and we had to pay some of them in order to keep peace. when we started to rebuild an iraqi army, i think it was a bad decision. she would tell you it's the right decision, but i think it was the wrong decision must import the comet was not what we told the president we were going to do. >> given the u.s. is now out of iraq in terms of being a combat, would ultimately -- what is the legacy within the military and the policymaking community. what are we going to be like because of the iraq experience? >> i'm going to start with the military. the military has remarkable capacity to learn f
so suddenly between the pentagon come it's not clear where it all originated. gave jerry bremmer of the necessary guidance and instructions to disband the army if that's what he thought was ray. jerry issued the order, disbanding the army. i did know was going to happen. the joint chiefs of staff did not. cia did i and suddenly the army is totally disbanded and you have hundreds of thousands of people who are armed and trained and who were set free within a few airliner pensions and we had to...
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we came up with a model that fixed the pentagon. the pentagon used to have the services staffing and fighting separate wars. they would equip themselves separately. we decided to do what the military did. a joint command was created. he can come from any military service. they now trained and equipped to gather. -- togetherthe dni is the joint commander across 16 intel agencies. he leverage is their strength to produce intel products. that is the backbone of how we get intelligence to policy makers and that has dramatically improved. on the fusion centers, that is a different thing. those are local centers that have gone up to serve local law enforcement. they pull together national intelligence streams that they get from the homeland security department or the fbi with streams of local intelligence and a share it. the homelands department has tried to insist on privacy in these agencies and provide some financial support. this is a work in progress. some of them worked very well. one in los angeles works very well. other communitie
we came up with a model that fixed the pentagon. the pentagon used to have the services staffing and fighting separate wars. they would equip themselves separately. we decided to do what the military did. a joint command was created. he can come from any military service. they now trained and equipped to gather. -- togetherthe dni is the joint commander across 16 intel agencies. he leverage is their strength to produce intel products. that is the backbone of how we get intelligence to policy...
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over the budget in the united states this whole deficit ceiling in how much we need to cut why is the pentagon off the table well if you look at this chart this is department of defense spending and real inflation adjusted dollars as you can see we spend now more than we did during the cold war vietnam and the reagan build up well the pentagon spending is a function of money printing it's a function of money printing because money printing would ordinarily cause massive inflation but dead soldiers equal deflation that's why you have to look at that arlington national cemetery that's america's answer to inflation it's to deflationary forces of genocide and pentagon budget increases and killing helpless women and children around the world to keep stuff in america cheap enough for the casino class to keep them serve them amused and distract it well i'm going to get to that in a second because i really think what catherine austin fits in poker roberson said is true is that the pentagon supports the us dollar that is what backs the us dollar and if that is under threat then it's important to increa
over the budget in the united states this whole deficit ceiling in how much we need to cut why is the pentagon off the table well if you look at this chart this is department of defense spending and real inflation adjusted dollars as you can see we spend now more than we did during the cold war vietnam and the reagan build up well the pentagon spending is a function of money printing it's a function of money printing because money printing would ordinarily cause massive inflation but dead...
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is it true the pentagon papers talk about vietnam as a time when the viet cong is sitting territory? so perhaps by the 54 election this would have been a major issue for kennedy and he would have had to come again. >> counterfactual. >> but we think that kennedy had a certain kind of self-confidence. kennedy said at one point that if somebody comes in and argues to me about unemployment, i can refute him. they have no problem. an intelligence community, the military comes in. you're always used to assume that they have a special knowledge that i did have because they have learned something different. at a later point he says, i'm going to tell my successor that the most important thing he has to know is not to trust the military, not to trust the joint chiefs. kennedy stood up to those people . >> 2009 obama had the confer result with the generals pressing him on afghanistan, the serbs there. >> into this, but i want to hear you talk about it. as american foreign policy in a grand sense changed and all? it has been over for more than 20 years now. and is the u.s. still seeing the wor
is it true the pentagon papers talk about vietnam as a time when the viet cong is sitting territory? so perhaps by the 54 election this would have been a major issue for kennedy and he would have had to come again. >> counterfactual. >> but we think that kennedy had a certain kind of self-confidence. kennedy said at one point that if somebody comes in and argues to me about unemployment, i can refute him. they have no problem. an intelligence community, the military comes in. you're...
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the same report, the pentagon's own report showed after u.s. troop surge in afghanistan, violence in that country was actually higher than it was before the surge, not lower than it was before the surge. so in what case was the surge a success? so, yeah, it is a bit rich that the reason we can afford to speed up the ending of the war is because things have worked out so well in this war. a bit rich. the so-called reason we could leave iraq was because of the success of the surge and all that the day after we left iraq, the prime minister of iraq issued an arrest warrant for the vice president of iraq. the very next day after we left. so that little story we told ourselves on the way out of that war, that was pretty rich too. but knowing that, do you wish we were still in iraq? do you wish we hadn't left? more importantly, even if we do not hit any of the supposed benchmarks that we tell ourselves are relevant for why and when we can leave, peace in the provinces, or the afghan government getting less corrupt and capable afghan security forces,
the same report, the pentagon's own report showed after u.s. troop surge in afghanistan, violence in that country was actually higher than it was before the surge, not lower than it was before the surge. so in what case was the surge a success? so, yeah, it is a bit rich that the reason we can afford to speed up the ending of the war is because things have worked out so well in this war. a bit rich. the so-called reason we could leave iraq was because of the success of the surge and all that...
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dollar and if that is under threat then it's important to increase the budget of that pentagon which backs the u.s. dollar but i want to say when andrew sullivan says here regarding this chart he says quote history is replete with examples of great powers who undid themselves by spending on war and empire in the end often with the debt when the glutting the core concerns of the domestic economy had to monaco america is following imperial spain and imperial britain into the same morass but it is a choice not a fate right well how better way to support the u.s. dollar then killing a lot of people i agree with. paul craig roberts and that supporting the dollar means committing genocide when you print money that's inflationary when you allow money to be destroyed that's deflationary there's nothing faster to destroy money than bombs and dead bodies and that's what that's what it's all about where you actually mentioned the soldiers and a lot of americans will argue oh we can't cut the budget because we need to support our troops so to combat that argument andrew sullivan does provide thi
dollar and if that is under threat then it's important to increase the budget of that pentagon which backs the u.s. dollar but i want to say when andrew sullivan says here regarding this chart he says quote history is replete with examples of great powers who undid themselves by spending on war and empire in the end often with the debt when the glutting the core concerns of the domestic economy had to monaco america is following imperial spain and imperial britain into the same morass but it is...
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michelle, who i believe you worked with at the pentagon, tell me why i have it wrong or at least why you worry that hagel wouldn't be the right pick for this position. >> i don't know i would say ezra that hagel is the wrong pick, i just don't think he is the best pick. i think there are others around there who would have many of the upsides that hagel has, without the down sides that hagel has. if mitt romney had won and chosen him, i would have applauded him as real courage. chuck hagel has a lot going for him. he is a brave guy, a principled guy. there is a lot to like about him. he is also a republican, and the democratic party has worked really, really hard over past decades to erase the deficit, in which voters consistently said they trusted republicans more than democrats on national security. democrats have worked really hard to erase that gap, but picking chuck hagel seems to me to be sending a message i can't figure out president obama wants to send, i can't figure out why. and even a democratic president can't be sure that a democrat is going to do a good job leading our e
michelle, who i believe you worked with at the pentagon, tell me why i have it wrong or at least why you worry that hagel wouldn't be the right pick for this position. >> i don't know i would say ezra that hagel is the wrong pick, i just don't think he is the best pick. i think there are others around there who would have many of the upsides that hagel has, without the down sides that hagel has. if mitt romney had won and chosen him, i would have applauded him as real courage. chuck hagel...
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karzai got a tour of the pentagon's 9/11 memorial from defense secretary panetta yesterday. last night he had dinner with secretary of state hillary clinton. this morning's meeting with president obama will focus on the future of afghanistan and u.s. troop levels there. >>> today is the 11th anniversary of the day that the first prisoners were jailed at the u.s. detention center at guantanamo bay. there's a rally planned in the district today. amnesty international and other groups will gather outside the supreme court at noon to march down pennsylvania avenue. the protestors will call on president obama to close the prison. >>> checking our top stories now, an indiana mother starting off the new year with very good news, after she learns her son who was abducted nearly two decades ago has been found safe in minnesota. the boy was just five when he was taken by his grandparents. he is now 24 and married, expecting his first child. investigators tracked him down using his social security number. >>> closer to home, police are searching for a man with a history of violence who
karzai got a tour of the pentagon's 9/11 memorial from defense secretary panetta yesterday. last night he had dinner with secretary of state hillary clinton. this morning's meeting with president obama will focus on the future of afghanistan and u.s. troop levels there. >>> today is the 11th anniversary of the day that the first prisoners were jailed at the u.s. detention center at guantanamo bay. there's a rally planned in the district today. amnesty international and other groups...
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speaking to reporters at the pentagon, secretary donley explain how the air force is preparing for the possible spending cuts. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this to be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and some of the issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead and beyond. to start, i would like to thank the house and senate for approving the conference report to the fy 13 national defense authorization act and think the president for signing the bill into law. this important legislation provides authorities and policy guidance that enable dod to support were fighters, provide for airmen and families and protect the american people. the enact mint of the ndaa is a significant achievement and demonstrated strong bipartisan commitment to national security. we hope success may spur progress on critical issues that still remain. those issues include efforts to develop a balanced deficit reduction plan to prevent the arbitrary sequestration co
speaking to reporters at the pentagon, secretary donley explain how the air force is preparing for the possible spending cuts. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this to be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and some of the issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead and beyond. to start, i would like to thank the house and senate for approving...
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and i think most importantly, has earned the respect of the troops and the brass at the pentagon. >> is the real point here he's somebody because of that who has the credibility so that if he's the one who has to remake defense going forward, if he's to talk about cuts to systems he has that extra credibility? >> i think he does and that matters. we had great secretaries of defense that didn't serve. it's an important part as we enter this period. i think that with the real thing here, we take a step back, just look how far the republican party has moved in the last six years. you talked about a republican saying you're out of the mainstream means one thing, you're in the mainstream. because they've left. in 2006, john mccain was talking about chuck hagel as his secretary of state and now he's someone who he thinks is disqualified. from a big picture, the republicans have moved the neocons have such a hold on that party and i don't think that's mainstream thinking in america. >> do you think there is an element of political payback here? >> sure, listen, some of this is situation nor
and i think most importantly, has earned the respect of the troops and the brass at the pentagon. >> is the real point here he's somebody because of that who has the credibility so that if he's the one who has to remake defense going forward, if he's to talk about cuts to systems he has that extra credibility? >> i think he does and that matters. we had great secretaries of defense that didn't serve. it's an important part as we enter this period. i think that with the real thing...
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meeting with president obama this friday is set to yard line america's role in afghanistan where the pentagon still malling the number of troops that could remain to contain insurgency in the country but tricia danger now row politics professor from new york university believes the u.s. just can't afford to leave afghanistan. there's a lot of talk about not leaving any troops there at all however i don't think the u.s. can afford that leader in the region because there are still quite a bit of violence going on there so i think the president will probably leave some troops there for some time but i would assume that president karzai is going to want that out because it gives him more. or it makes him look more powerful on the negotiating table and within the context of his own constituency however he also needs some protection so it will be a little bit of a catch twenty two situation for them i think he probably hopes to achieve a few things a one his continued military support for the afghan troops so they can maintain their own military and army if you will and the second is can continue t
meeting with president obama this friday is set to yard line america's role in afghanistan where the pentagon still malling the number of troops that could remain to contain insurgency in the country but tricia danger now row politics professor from new york university believes the u.s. just can't afford to leave afghanistan. there's a lot of talk about not leaving any troops there at all however i don't think the u.s. can afford that leader in the region because there are still quite a bit of...
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doesn't make the world safer we're spending upwards of six hundred billion dollars for an expanded pentagon presence for more war in afghanistan and for proliferation of war in in yemen and somalia and other places we have a lot of problems here at home that we're not taking care of we have massive unemployment people are losing their homes people are losing their retirement security and i continue to say that we have to start emphasizing taking care of things here at home instead of developing a bigger footprint around the world as far as our military presence well stories ahead here this hour including attempting to tame separatist sentiment in tibet in a few minutes we'll look at chinese plans to solve problems out by pumping money and as a tries to integrate one of its most unstable regions into the rest of the country . join me on a journey to the heart of the traveling to places hidden from the stories you going to meet some real climate insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . more news today violence has once again flared up the film these are the im
doesn't make the world safer we're spending upwards of six hundred billion dollars for an expanded pentagon presence for more war in afghanistan and for proliferation of war in in yemen and somalia and other places we have a lot of problems here at home that we're not taking care of we have massive unemployment people are losing their homes people are losing their retirement security and i continue to say that we have to start emphasizing taking care of things here at home instead of developing...
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similar to the issue of drawdown, i am still getting recommendations from the pentagon and our commanders on the ground in terms of what that would look like. and when we have more information about that, i will be describing that to the american people. i think president karzai's primary concern, and you will hear directly from him, is making sure afghan sovereignty is respected. and if we have a follow-on force of any sort past 2014, it has to be at the invitation of the afghan government, and they have to feel comfortable with it. i will say, as i have said to president karzai, that we have agreements with countries like this all around the world, and nowhere do we have any kind of security agreement with a country without immunity for our troops. that is how i as commander in chief can make sure that our folks are protected in carrying out very difficult missions. i think president karzai understands that. i do not want to get ahead of research in terms of the negotiations that are still remaining on the bilateral security agreement, but from my perspective, it will not be possible fo
similar to the issue of drawdown, i am still getting recommendations from the pentagon and our commanders on the ground in terms of what that would look like. and when we have more information about that, i will be describing that to the american people. i think president karzai's primary concern, and you will hear directly from him, is making sure afghan sovereignty is respected. and if we have a follow-on force of any sort past 2014, it has to be at the invitation of the afghan government,...
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chuck hagel seems perfect for the pentagon. a former republican senator from nebraska. some conservatives say he is not strong enough supporter of israel, even though he voted many times to send billions of dollars there. >> i will do my best for our country, for those i represent at the pentagon, and for all of our citizens. >> john brennan is a long time administration officials who spent 25 years in the cia. >> i will make my mission to ensure the cia has the tools it needs to keep our nation safe and that its work always reflects the liberties, the freedoms, and the values we hold dear. >> but he is controversial, too. he has been the public face of the legality of drone strike spread >> he understands we are a nation of laws. in moments of debates and decisions, he asks the tough questions and he insists on a rigorous standards. >> four years ago, john brennan had to pull his name out of consideration because liberals did not think he had done enough to dissociate himself from the bush administration interrogation policies. now this nomination and not of chuck hage
chuck hagel seems perfect for the pentagon. a former republican senator from nebraska. some conservatives say he is not strong enough supporter of israel, even though he voted many times to send billions of dollars there. >> i will do my best for our country, for those i represent at the pentagon, and for all of our citizens. >> john brennan is a long time administration officials who spent 25 years in the cia. >> i will make my mission to ensure the cia has the tools it needs...
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as our pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski reminds me, they will still very much be in harm's way in afghanistan and the contentious question of how many troops wil be left behind by the united states after 2014 is still very much the subject of negotiations, more on all of this tonight, on nbc nightly news with brian williams and on "meet the press" on sunday, my guest, colin powell talking about the war and other foreign policy issues on the president's second term. until then, have a good afternoon, i'm david gregory in washington. >>> it has been dubbed the most technologically advanced airliner in the skies, but this morning, new concerns as federal officials announce an investigation into boeing 787 dreamliner, hear how boeing is responding. >>> that didn't stop the celebration as san jose welcomed its first dreamliner flight this morning. what the new flight means for silicon valley, you're watching nbc bay area news. >>> good morning, and thanks for being with us, i'm lara. >>. and john kelly is off today. it has been a different start to the year for boeing 787 dreamliner
as our pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski reminds me, they will still very much be in harm's way in afghanistan and the contentious question of how many troops wil be left behind by the united states after 2014 is still very much the subject of negotiations, more on all of this tonight, on nbc nightly news with brian williams and on "meet the press" on sunday, my guest, colin powell talking about the war and other foreign policy issues on the president's second term. until then,...
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all serving or recently is served in the pentagon. people who served in the clinton pentagon who are very well thought of and again on a bipartisan basis. i really don't know why the president wants him except i think maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel has complained about the power of the jewish lobby and was one of the few senators to vote against the iran sanctions the policy the president now claims as his own and refused to vote to designate the iranian guard a terrorist group. >> maybe he likes the idea of one on one negotiations over the nuclear program. he also said this in an interview with vietnam magazine, i'm not a passivist. i believe in using force but only after a careful decision-making process. i will do everything i can to avoid needless senseless war. is that an unreasonable position for a secretary of defense to have? >> i think it is in line with where we see the president going in terms of using he doesn't want to put troops on the ground any more. he made that clear. he wants to the rely more on unmanned d
all serving or recently is served in the pentagon. people who served in the clinton pentagon who are very well thought of and again on a bipartisan basis. i really don't know why the president wants him except i think maybe he likes the fact that chuck hagel has complained about the power of the jewish lobby and was one of the few senators to vote against the iran sanctions the policy the president now claims as his own and refused to vote to designate the iranian guard a terrorist group....
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if they don't the pentagon's budget will be cut by $45 billion. that's 9 prz. secretary of defense robert hail said what's even worse is the automatic cuts would continue over a decade. >> we are working toward rebalancing toward asia pacific presence there. we will pay attention to long-term press in the asian area, including china. >> senior u.s. officials do not usually use such language when referring to china. >>> japan's prime minister shinzo abe is preparing to offset growing chinese strength in the asia pacific region. he's planning policies to expand china's defense capabilities. other plans to scrap defense guidelines endorsed by the former government in 2010. ministry officials have constructed a budget fiscal plan for 2013. they are looking for rise of about 100 billion yen or about $1.1 billion. leaders expected to use part of the funds to increase surveillance around the songuku islands in the east china sea. chinese government ships have repeatedly entered japanese waters since japan's government bought the islands from a private owner last septe
if they don't the pentagon's budget will be cut by $45 billion. that's 9 prz. secretary of defense robert hail said what's even worse is the automatic cuts would continue over a decade. >> we are working toward rebalancing toward asia pacific presence there. we will pay attention to long-term press in the asian area, including china. >> senior u.s. officials do not usually use such language when referring to china. >>> japan's prime minister shinzo abe is preparing to...
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speaking to reporters at the pentagon, secretary donald explained how the air force is preparing for possible spending cuts. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, all. thanks for being here. the chief and i thought this to be a valuable opportunity to begin the new year by sitting down with you to discuss the state of our air force and issues and challenges we expect to address in the year ahead in beyond. to start come i like to thank the house and senate for approving the conference report to the fy 13 national defense authorization act and to thank the president for signing the bill into law. this important legislation provides authorities and policy guide to enable dod to support our work fryers, provide for airmen and families and protect the american people. enactment of the nda is an achievement and demonstrated strong bipartisan commitment to national security. we hope the success may spur progress on critical issues that still remain. those issues include efforts to develop a balanced deficit reduction plan for the arbitrary sequestration cuts required by the budget control a
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the issue of morning causes visit comes days after obama picked so-called pacifist chuck hagel as the pentagon's chief what does the president hope to achieve that you think here. well i think he probably hopes to achieve a few things one is continued military support for the afghan troops so they can maintain their own military or army if you well and the second is can only continue to. add monetary support in some development efforts there should we expect changes in the u.s. policy in afghanistan any time soon especially of course when it comes to the number of troops left for the twenty fourteen i don't think so you all probably you know it's quite up in the air right now i mean there's a lot of talk about not leaving any troops there at all however i don't think the u.s. can afford that neither can the region because there's still. violence going on there so i think the president will probably leave some troops there for some time but i would soon president karzai is going to want that out because it gives him more. or it makes him look more powerful on the negotiating table and within the
the issue of morning causes visit comes days after obama picked so-called pacifist chuck hagel as the pentagon's chief what does the president hope to achieve that you think here. well i think he probably hopes to achieve a few things one is continued military support for the afghan troops so they can maintain their own military or army if you well and the second is can only continue to. add monetary support in some development efforts there should we expect changes in the u.s. policy in...